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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-04-29
CUTTING DOWN BUSINESS.
The New Schedule of Rates Sersously
Hurting the Railroads.


Hurting the Railroads.
The decrease in east-bound shipments
of dead freight from Chicago since the
interstate commerce law went into effect
has been far more serious than was ex-
pected. The total shipments by the
various Central Traffic Association roads
for the, last week in March were n, 376
tons. The first week in April shipments
were only As ,951 tons, decrease of 49,
1875 tons. Last week the total shipments
by those roads dwindled to OLAF tons, a
still further decrease of 1884 tons, or a
total decrease in two weeks of Al ,229
tons. As some of the freight shipped
during the last week was already in
transit when the new law went into
effect and was contracted for at the low
rates then& In effect, It Is quite certain
that the shipments hereafter will be still
lighter. Besides d great deal Of the
freight watch is now being shipped by
rail will SAX the lake lines when naviga-
ton is OPEN by which time through-rail
shipments will dwindle down to almost
nothing, unless the roads should see fit
to make d reduction in the through rates.
Some of the weaker lines are already
clamoring for differential rates ON the
ground that at uniform rates they will
not be able to compete against the strong.
The latter, however, are firmly deter
mined ito allow no differential rates to
the weak lines, and say if the latter-do
reduce rates they will simply follow suit,
and those lines will then be in no better
condition than they are now. In fact,
they would be worse off, because they
would get less for the traffic they carry
and the strong lines would still get the
bulksof the traffic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-04-29

# YOU 70 ME be cold,

/
# you to me be cold,
Or be false to you,
The world VIII go on, I think,
Just as it used to do;
The clouds will fiirt with the moon,
The sun viii kiss the sea,
The wind to the trees will whisper,
And laugh at you and me.
But the sun will not shine SO bright,
The clouds will not seem so white
To one as they win to two;
So think you had better be kind,
And had best be true,
And let the old love go on
Just as it used to do.
If the whole of a page be read,
If book be finished through,
Still the world may read on, think,
Just as it used to do;
For other lovers will con
The pages we have passed,
And the treacherous gold of the binding
Will glitter unto the last.
But lids have lonely look,
And one may not read the book
1t opens only to two;
So think you had better be kind,
And had best be true,
And let the reading 60 on
just as it used to do.
If we who have sailed together
Fit out of each others view,
The world will sail on, think,
Just as it used to do.
And we may reckon by stars
That fash from different skies,
And another of loves pirates
May capture my lost prize.
But ships long time together
Can better the tempest weather
Than any other two;
So think you had better be kind
And had best be true,
That we together may sail
Just as we used to do
Boston Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-04-29
THE YACHT THISTLE.
Her Owner Confident She Can Beat Il
Best Yankee Craft.

Her Owner Confident She Can Beat the
Best Yankee Craft.
Yachtsmen are not little amused at the
supreme aQufidence manifested by Mr.. James
Bell, owner of the Scotch cutter Thistle,
whom the cable reports as asserting that his
vessel was pot built to win the American cup
alone, but " defeat the best yacht the Ameri-
cans can produce The winning of the cup
he considers mere incidental matter. Con-
corning the Trek. the English champion, he
intimates that if he did not believe the This
tie superior to her he would sell the latter for
old Junk; and, as for the Genesta and Gala
tea, he is equally certain he can beat them
with ease. The Thistle, he also says, will
sail her maiden race in the new Thames
channel match on the 18th inst, after which
she will come over here with racing mast,
booms and topmast dashed to the deck.
Before leaving, it is understood she will pub
licly challenge the Trek for the Cape May and
Brenton Reef cups, which were won. by the
nencsta.
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against rock, and thousand sparks of
fire filed my bewildered eyes, and then
all grew dark
Hell live, this one, never fear" said q
CHEEKY voice speaking in the Spanish Ian
guage, which / partially understood, as |
awoke to find myself lying upon tuckle-
bed in wayside cottage, surrounded by
a group. of officers, while regimental
surgeon was feeling my pulse. Give
him a few more drops of the. brandy
Only couple of ribs the worse, l think"
''And-and the man who was with
me?" asked feebly.
The doctor shook his head
Mot your father or your brother,
trust, caballero?" he said "Ah, then,
may tell you that his head was dashed
against the rock, and his neck-a tough
one, by-the-by-very effectually dislo-
Gated"
And so it was; Risque-son-cou had
shared the proverbial fate of the pitcher
that goes too often tosthe WELL
Strange to say, my fortune was, to a
qualified extent, made by the accident
which had so nearly put an end altogether
to my worldly anxieties. The kind pro-
tectors who had picked me up, way-
worn stranger, with two ribs broken, by
the roadside had me conveyed along
with them on litter to the garrison
town of Girona, whittier they were
bound, and in the military hospital of
this place / was cared for, until youth
and robust constitution enabled me to
get the better of the fever that ensued.
My story was noised abroad, and all Bar
eelona seemed eager to sit for its portrait
to the young English artist who had
visited Spain III So singular manner ;
and thence, with good professional rec
Communications. ! passed on TO Madrid,
Paris and London, and have never since
known the actual pressure Of want.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-04-29
Boston women and rhsIr-shos..

Boston Women and Their.shoes.
A fashionable New York millineF not
long ago sent tried and trdsty assist
ant to Boston'to open a branch establish
ment. The tried and trnsty failed and
has come back, but what she don't know
about Boston YOU can put down on your
thumb-nail. Her loud astonishment At
the state of things she encountered IL
dered air of rich and blue bIooded lady
living on the back bay who was 10 the
habit of buying very stout shoes and
wearing them an age, and then having
them patched That sounds rather well
from the point of view Of economy and
the virtues Of that sort out the real point
of the tale is that the lady had her in.
fortunate shoemaker send for and. OF
course, send back the ffn1ally preserved
shoes. Nssel Y6fk' 6'fdptle
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01
Pretty Good Bad Boy.

good many years ago now, small
bare-legged boy set out from his home in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for an after
Moons sport with gun. He rambled along
as boys will, with his eyes wide open for ev-
erything that came under them, as well as
for the game that was the special object of
his expedition, and he had not gone far
when he saw chaise approaching driven
by the Governor of the state.
The Governor was a very popular and
distinguished man, who was being talked of
for the Presidency, and we should not have
liked the small boy if he had not been a lit
tie overawed by finding himself alone in
the presence of so august parsonage. He
was equal to the occasion, however, and as
the chaise reached him, he stood aside to
let it pass and gravely presented arms.
The Governor at once pulled up his horse
and looked with amusement at the little fe
low standing there as serious As "a sentry,
with his gun held rigidly before him.
What is your name p said the Gov
ernor.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich,' replied the
boy with military salute
He was invited into the chaise, and though
he lost his shooting, what was that in com
parison with the distinction of riding into
Portsmouth Town with Governor Wood
bury
This was forty years ago, and since then
Thomas Bailey Aldrich has earned a place
among the foremost of American authors
by series of books some in prose and
some in verse, which are distinguished by
the purity of their tone, the refinement of
their style, and the picturesqueness of their
invention. One of them is called The Sto-
ry of Bad Boy" and except that the
names of some of the persons and places
are changed, it is so faithful a picture of
the authors boyhood that it might be called
an autobiography.-WUiam II. Rideihg il
March 81 Nicholas
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01

The leading article in April ilarper's il II
continuation of the timely Southern series
in an attractive article on The Southern
Gateway Of the Alleghanies' Chattanooga,
Tenn > by Edmund Knke The writer in
dictates the remarkable natural advantages
which have made this site the home of
three successive races, with perhaps AN wl-
broken existence, since the time of the
Mound builders. Here are traces Of IA large
CITY, which existed far back in the twilight
ages, before Troy was founded Those
pre- historic people built their city here For
the same reason that the Cherokees made It
a stronghold, and the modern engineer ha,
laid here the tracks Of eight important rail
ways because it commands the only great
highway between the northeast and the
southwest. Resides the exceptional con
formation Of mountains and river, Chatta
nooga is distinguished 10y extremely rich
and accessible deposits of irun-ure and coal
which explain the miraculous progress ol
this city within recent years, and warrant
the authors conclusion that lit is written in
these hills Of iron, these mountains of coal,
aud these forests Of timber that Chattanoo
ga has great future. In the very nature
of things it cannot he many years before il
is the metropolis of the central south, and
the iron emporium of the whole country
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01
a Pleasant Paragraph RbOuI n will
liamsVilIe hoy.

The Snmervile Mass, journal printed in
it, last ssue portrait of Capt. Harrison
Aldrich, of that place, and sketch of his
life, the occasion being benefit entertain
ment given by the Somerville people in aid
Of the infantry company organized there
last season Of which Capt, Aldrich is the
commander. The sketch recuunts the birth
boyhood spent on the farm aud in attend
ing school, and his enlistment in the Union
army at the age of 20, in Co. X, 2lst Mas
sachusrtts volunteers from the town of
Prtrrshunl, where he was then attending
school. He served Hs private, sergeant
lieutenant and captain in the several capar
tiles for about two years, being engaged in
the battles of Roanoke Island, Newbern
where he was wounded in the shoulder
Camden, Second Bull Rull, Chantilly, An
tietam and Fredericksburg. The arluous
service of the regiment causing its reduc-
ton in numbers and its consolidation with
the 3Gth regiment, Captain Aldrich resign
ell his commission and received an honora
bic discharge, aud then returned to his ma
tive town, where he married, bought farm
and carried it ON with success Having an
opportunity to enter the produce commits
sion business in Boston he gave up farming
and moved To that city in 1866 where lie
las since done II successful business, Eight
wears ago he removed to Somerville and has
done much to build up that city, both by
erecting a handsome residence for himself
and by building several houses in II hitherto
undeveloped part of the city. These have
not only proved a good investment for him
self, but have been an incentive to others
to initiate his good example, and twenty
five houses have followed rapidly those
erected 10y him. He was elected to the com
mon council from Ward Three in 1891, and
was returned n year later. In 1856 he was
promoted to the board of aldermen, and re
elected last year, commanding in this Gu
pacity the respect of ALL Capt. Aldrich,
the Journal adds, is quite a social member
of the community and takes great inter
est in the Perkins street Baptist church and
Sunday school with both of which he is
connected lie is a member of Solely lodge,
Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Bap-
list Social Union. When the projectors of
the new military company were asked to
designate their commander they selected
Capt Aldrich That no mistake was made
in the choice of the company has been evil
dent from the start. He is a good disci-
plinarian, thorough in drill, and the record
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01
NO. 13.


| was travelling up the Ohio river one day
last fall ON the packet Fairy. The day was
very cold A party of US were sitting
around the stove in the lower cabin whilst
the boat landed at some little way-side
stopping-place to take on freight and pas
sengers.
Presently tall, gaunt old man, evident
" a new arrival came up, with his carpet
bag in hand, which he deposited between
his knees as he sat down and spread out
his long knotty fingers before the door Of
the stove to warm them.
Casting his keen gray eyes around him as
he did so, he suddenly espied the thin, ca
daverous- looking young fellow, dressed all
in black broadcloth, who was sitting next
to me in the circle around the stove
why, howdy, Lemmel y the old man
said, in the heartiest way 81 hardly
knowed yer. Hows the folks -
"P-pr pr pretty w-w-well, M-M-Mr. J-J-
Johnson" replied the young man, stutter-
ing miserably, as he submitted to the hearty
Misunderstanding which the old man had reach
ed across several of us to effect.
FINISHED yer schoolin' yet y inquired he
"Yy-yes, s-s-s-sir,' replied the young
man, with difficulty
WAL, what bizines air we in now - ask
ell the old fellow, eying the dress of his
young friend rather curiously.
'I-I-I-Tm st-st-st studying for the NM
ministry"
"Phpu-ee - exclaimed the old man, in
long whistle of intense surprise WAL,
now, Lemmel,' he said, after while
that's about the last line NV dizziness I'D II
ever thought NV attemptin' to tackle eff I'd
a-been in yore place. What ever put it
into yore head p
I'LL had v-ve-very st-st-strong ca-ca-
call, M-Mr Jo-Jo-Jo-Johnson, explained
the young man, with slight flush ON his
pale weak face.
you might a had dozen cdiiS, :" return
ed the old man, dryly "but eff I'd a-been
you I'd be siCitched eff RI a come.
An audible smile ran around the circle
at the old mans wit, which he, however,
never noticed. His young friend made no
response to his last suggestion, whilst he
continued, in dry, anxious tone
1T beats me, Lemmel, TO know how you
'iotr, even conceedin' the call, to git through
with the rest of the Dizziness
"Th-th-the L-L-Lord wiU p-p-put the r-,r-
lrOrds into m-my MIN mouth, gasped the
poor young fellow, suffering worse than
ever under the keen gray eyes of the old
man.
He'll have to do more an that sonny
said the old man, pityingly. AFTER He
puts 'eBt thar, blamed IF He cOht her 10
Sehd somebody else diong to pull EN- OUT
The young ministerial candidate retired
to his state-room, and was seen no more.
-Hdper's Magazine for 4p,1L
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01

DEATH OF THE NEwsBoYs' FRIEND. There
ought to be published biography of Charlie,
O'Connol', who died at New York recently
Every metropolitan newsboy knows of su
perintendent O'Comor, who was mainly in
strumental in building the newsboys lodg
ing house, corner of Duane and New Cham
bers streets Mr., OConnor became inter
ested in newsboys soon after his arrival in
New York in 1858 He had gained some
distinction as a British soldier in the Cri
mean war, but his wounds incapacitated
him for further service, He became super
intendent of the newsboys' home in Fulton
street, secured its removal TO Park place,
and finally raised money enough to build
the fine structure in New Chambers street,
This retreat is one of the sights of New
York. Scores of boys have been advanced
upon a career of usefulness by Capt. O'COn
nor's institution. There are men ON the
bench and holding public office who were
first taught 10 keep u bank account witt
penny deposits over the counter of the
Newsboys' home, while hundreds have been
kept from paths of crime and want in its
wholesome quarters.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01

FROM the Rutland Herald
On Senator Shermans return from Cuba,
he will make tour through the South ac-
rompaned by Republican politicians who
understand the local situation and it may
Ms well he understood that the purpose Of
the tour will he TO secure the southern del
egates in the next Republican national con
VentiOn.
Through democratic divisions on the Pres
ident's policy, there is reason to think that
II good protective tariff man like Sherman
might carry Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolina and Florida, with some chance of
Tennessee, in the presidential election.
But be this rs it may, the southern dele
gates in the convention, with those from
New York, are liable 10 decide the nomina
ton, and 50 they are worth looking after
Senator Sherman will make taking
tour. He is strong ON business, and bust
ness is about all that the new South care,
TO hear. His stalwart Republicanism, which
has been called the waving of the bloody
shirt will not hurt him with the Repuhli
cans of the South who have seen the bloody
shirt, and the men who are wavering there
will he Cuptiyated 10y him, because they al
mire Il square and courageous fighter and
they will think that his success will be in
strumental in sending down millions more
of Northern capital to promote the great
development now going on
1t remains 10 he seen whether other as
pirants will contest that new field with tn,
Ohio senator. Mr. Blaine cannot do it with
out acknowledging himself candidate, M,
he probably prefers to trust to the spontnu
city that he thinks exists in the party Mr.
Allison, Mr. Lincoln, MIR. Harrison an,
Mr.. Window are probably all convince
that their best chance is as dark horses
But regardless of personal preferences, i
is an auspcious fact that an old and lead
ing Republican who has never minced hi
words in discussing Southern iniquitics
recognizes that reform has progressed fa
enough there 80 that he can safely make
political tour with strong hope of benefit t,
his party as well as himself. He is thereb,
doing the country real service. There j
no more reason why the Republicans shout,
not contest for the South than there is VIII,
the Democrats should abandon the North
, Il is time for ,cctionalism to he abolished
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01
Mnrrinrr and Di,o,c. n,n,i.,ir.,

The amendment offered bv Mr. Edmund,
to the Legislative appropriation bill, giving
SlO,OO to the bureau of labor for the col
lection OF statistics of marriage and divorc,
throughout the country, was adopted and j.
now II law In the hand, of the expert
enced commissioner Hon Carroll D. Wright
with an admirably organized force for such
work, the country may look for q report OF
great value, containing information ahsn
Mtely essential la ~ i~c discussion and lr!:i>
latun on the subject. IL Is but his due T..
add that Mr. Ealmunds was the first among
member, of Congress 10 zee the impurtunc,
Of this particular step aud has steadily urg
eel and watched 1t in the Senate Congress,
men Stewart and Circuit in the last Congress,
aud Judge Poland in the previou, Congrcs,
also gave efficient support to the measure
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01
MISCELLANY.
An ApriI .Iestcr.

Outdoors the white rain coming down
Made rivers OF the streets IN town,
Aud where the SNOW In patches laNA
It washed the Winters signs away.
How fast it fell How warm It felt
The iciCles legau to melt
\ silver needle seemed each one
Thrust In the furnace OF the sun.
The Vulcan Sun who forged them all
In raindrops, crystals round and small
The air was filed with tiny ropes
ON which were strung these April hopes
White water beads that searched the groun
Until the thirsty seeds were found.
Then came blue sky; the streets were clean.
Aud In the garden spots Of green
Were glistening in the golden light
The grass and Spring almost m sight
4 bluehird sang its song near by
on! happy Spring is come, thought /;
When all at once the air grew chill.
Again the snowilakes fell, until
The ground was covered. and the trees
Stood in the drift up to their knees
! think this bird Who dared to sing
Was premature before the Spring,
or else he ioked in manner cool.
And carolled lightly, "Iprd F0oi"
=. y. sherman IL Iprd ST. Nicholas
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01

"Nour Honor he was drunk. | saw him
staggering through the street, said the po-
liceman. Prisoner-"Your Honor, he is
mistaken, | was simply praoticing the
earthquake step, for there is no knowing
what may happen
A lecturer who once gave a lecture on
the oyster tells this story After it was fin
ished, one of the audience went 10 the lee
turer and said 'There is one thing about
the oyster that you have omitted 10 men
ton. The oyster always knows exactly
when TO shut up"
The reading class was up, and a bright
little fellow was reading away with vim,
The teacher was listening with admiration,
but presently was startled when she heard .
"And he garnished his teeth with rags.
whats that What did you say I" she
quickly asked The answer came in child
like simplicity: "He garnishej his teeth
with rags The teacher could not refrain
from laughing outright when she saw how
her pupil had distorted the sentence, "He
CRASHED his teeth with rage. "-Richmond
Stdfe
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01

Y TVIH INC NUTIInI I'THII-T
1t may not be- generally known, but such
Is the law, that towns are responsible for
the malfeasance of their clerks Larg.
liability is thus sometimes incurred. For
instance. if deed or mortgage should not
tee duly or properly recorded and the prop
erty should he attached and held, the party
holding the deed or mortgage would have
AN action against the town for the full
amount of his loss. Such a case is pending
in court now, in which Rutland is liable "a
he ndjudged to pay good many hundred
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01

The March Pansy opens with capital
story for boys, written by Pansy herself,
followed by one for girls, 'Fretting Lettie, "
by Mary +. Metheuey of Tursus, Asia Mi
nor The leading stories, by Mrs. q. h, Al
den (Pansyl and Margaret Sidney, possess
unusual interest, while the sketch of Queen
Victoria, with portrait and picture of the
queens home in the Scottish highlands, the
poem for recitation, combining counsel with
history, the shorter stories, sketches and
verse, make up a number not to he eXeelled
in reading for boys and girls--indeed, for
the whole family, Illustrated, 81 u year.
u. Lothrop y %, Boston.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01

A REMARKABLE SURGICAL OPERATION
performed at New Bedford, Mass, nearly a
year ago has just been proved successful
Edward X. Russell had the tendons in one
of his legs severed II years ago, rendering
the limb useless. The operation consisted
of the transferring of two tendons from Il
dog, which had been etherized for the pur-
pose, To Russell's limb, where they were
united with the severed tendons. For ten
months after the operation Russell was moi
allowed to use his leg, but within few day,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-01

Of the company for good order and effort
at muster. when il was only a few weeks
old. is an evidence of his ability and own
character, which has become stamped upon
the men belonging to his command.
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he has been permitted to exercise it lie
has now complete control of the limb. This
is the first operation Of the kind that has
been performed in this country with com
nlnin .lnnnss